Yearly Archives: 2005
Dairy program teaches the basics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Dairyman Matt Ulmer has a confession to make: He hasn't always liked working with cows.
Chef-local grower connection finds unique niche in Ohio agriculture
WOOSTER, Ohio - Tom and Wendy Wiandt's mushroom farm in Burbank is about an hour's drive from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Bt bragging rights go to Monsanto
ST. LOUIS - A jury has found in favor of the Monsanto Company in a patent infringement and validity case related to insect-protection technology in corn.
Creativity culminates in farm
NEW BEDFORD, Ohio - Everyone has a story. Every grandparent, every child, even every farm. Take the little woman with the cherubic smile who splits her time between making chenille pigs for children and pruning Christmas trees to perfection.
Commissioners can’t fund Columbiana extension office
LISBON, Ohio - It may seem like the Aesop fable about the little shepherd boy crying "Wolf!," but Julie Herron, director of the Columbiana County office of OSU Extension, says it's not.
Mast takes Holmes County roots to D.C.; Holmes SWCD honors Stitzleins
WALNUT CREEK, Ohio - "Conservation is the right thing to do. We just have the use of the land for a little while, then someone else takes over.
Conservationists efforts recognized
WOOSTER, Ohio - Two Wayne county educators were recognized for their work in educating their students about the importance of conservation during the 2005 Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District's annual meeting.
Pennsylvania farmer must improve manure management
PITTSBURGH - The owner of a farm in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, must implement corrective actions in response to an Aug.
New Ohio law puts brakes on eminent domain takings
COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers worked quickly to temporarily halt takings of nonblighted property in the wake of a U.
Looking like a near-record harvest
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Based on a USDA Nov. 1 yield survey, Ohio's average corn yield for 2005 is forecast at 143 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from previous forecast but 15 bushels below the record 2004 state yield of 158.
